Plasticized polyvinyl resin



Patented Mar. 20, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PLASTICIZED POLYVINYL RESIN Stanford J. Hetzel, Cheltenham, Pa., assignor to Sun Oil Company, Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of New Jersey No Drawing. Application August 25, 1948, Serial No. 46,190

2 Claims.

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point, heat stability and Shore hardness tests.

" Test results were as follows:

46,185, filed by the instant inventor August 25,

1948, now Patent Number 2,533,250 the foregoing ester and its method of preparation are described and claimed. According to that application the ester was prepared by refluxing in the presence of a trace of an acid catalyst 1,5-pentanediol with kerosene oxidation acids in the presence of a solvent. The ester is there described to have a light-red amber color, a boiling range of 200 C..- 250 C. at 4 mm. Hg, a refractive index N 1.4888 and a. density D4 Q .9927.

According to the present invention polyvinyl chloride or polyvinyl chloride in admixture with polyvinyl acetate is compounded with the foregoing ester according to the practice usual in the art.

The following example illustrates tlon:

Example A commercial polyvinyl resin (76.05 grams), known as Geonf-10l and composed mainly or wholly of polyvinyl chloride, was mixed together with lead carbonate (1.24 grams) and stearic acid (0.59 gram) in the dry state by ball milling. Fifty-two grams of the plasticizer product of the invention was added in a cake mixer and the mass stirred thoroughly until good mixing was obtained. This mass was then fused on a 3 x 8" rubber mill whose rolls were heated to a temperature of about 285 F. The banded material was cut several times from each side and sheeted ofi at about 0.030 inch to give a rough sheet of the invenabout 0.070 inch when cooled. Part of this sheet After five minutes preheating Volatility (weight loss at C.3

hours) per cent 1.23 Water extraction (weight loss in water after 10 days at room temperature per cent 1.91 Tensile strength (Scott-ASTM D412- 41) lbs./sq. in 2120 Modulus at 300% elongation lbs./sq. in 1890 Elongation per cent" 355 Brittle point, C minus 60 Heat stability (time for color change at C.) hours 6 Shore hardness 69 In copending application for-' patent Serial No. 183,628, filed by the instant inventor September 7, 1950, there ar described and claimed diesters of a 1,5-pentanediol and an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid containing at leastfi carbon atoms, or an aromatic monocarboxyli acid having the carboxyl group joined directlyjgto the aromatic ring; vinyl-type resins plasticized with such diesters are also described and claimed. Such esters and plasticized compositionsare not included within the scop of the present invention, which is limited to polyvinyl chloride plasticized with 1,5-pentanediol diesters of acids obtained by partial oxidation of kerosene.

I claim:

1. A process of plasticizing a polyvinyl chloride resin which comprises the step of milling together said resin with, as plasticizers, 1,5-pentanediol diesters of acids obtained by partial oxidation of kerosene.

2. A composition comprising a polyvinyl chloride resin plasticized with 1,5-pentanediol diesters of acids obtained by partial oxidation of kerosene.

STANFORD J. HETZEL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,339,387 Endres Jan. 18, 1944 2,397,612 Lycan Apr. 2, 1946 

1. A PROCESS OF PLASTICIZING A POLYVINYL CHLORIDE RESIN WHICH COMPRISES THE STEP OF MILLING TOGETHER SAID RESIN WITH, AS PLASTICIZERS, 1,5-PENTANEDIOL DIESTERS OF ACIDS OBTAINED BY PARTIAL OXIDATION OF KEROSENE. 